Jan 11, 2018
by Tim Crouch, Marketing Manager
"you have to understand,
no one puts their children in a boat
unless the water is safer than the land."
That line, full of anguish, is from the poem "Home" by Somali-British poet Warsan Shire, who became London's first Young Poet Laureate. The full poem (copied below) is used in Tafelmusik's upcoming concert Safe Haven, an exploration in music, words, and images of the influence of refugee populations on the culture of their adopted countries.
Ruth Denton. Photo: Emily Ding